Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chorus complemented the leads well with respect to singing but nevertheless remained a bit wooden in the overall acting department. Although certain dancing interludes animated the ensemble, the contrast between the movement of the leads and the stiffness of the chorus was often jarring. This was unsettling to the otherwise even pace of the production. Congratulations, however, should be extended to all on their uniformly energetic portrayal of drunkenness. Complete with graceful staggering, and slurred speech...
...Louis Agassiz in 1859 at the height of the craze to classify all of nature, the museum set out to acquire a specimen of everything in the natural world. The result is an incredible, albeit slightly dusty, collection--from the duck-billed platypus to the yak--displayed in wooden and glass cases under fluorescent light...
Perched in the carved wooden throne that serves as his office chair, he toyed with a flag bearing the Czars' double-headed imperial eagle and dismissed reports that he harbors totalitarian aspirations. Displayed on his office wall was a portrait of the French ultranationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen. By the window sat a teddy bear. "I am no fascist," he snarled, bounding from his chair to stand before a large map demarcating the portions of Finland, Poland and Afghanistan that he hopes to annex. "I have not allowed myself to make a single extremist escapade in my life...
Aziz shared a four-room cement blockhouse with 16 relatives. The room he lived in with his wife and two young children is decorated with the wooden model of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, which he completed in prison. Intissar, Aziz's 22-year-old widow, said, "The day of Anwar's martyrdom was the happiest day of our marriage...
African and Oceanic Sculpture: Treasures from a Private Collection. Through July 3. The objects are mostly wood and terracotta, ranging from a miniature wooden mask from Zaire to a monumental yoruba veranda post from Nigeria...